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This is a weird title given the content of the article, which is that researchers observing a supermassive black hole got a result completely consistent with general relativity.

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The title was the best clickbait that they could get, based on an offhand comment that the theory has to break down inside the black hole.

But if the title was, "General Relativity succeeds again", who would have read the article?

It's unfortunate some people think having their article read is a priority. Perhaps we need a browser plugin where people can rank the accuracy of titles from various outlets so the user can decide if an article is likely to waste their time.

I would gladly install a Chrome plugin that would report a ‘clickbaity-ness’ value for articles/URLs.

That's a good idea, it's basically why everyone checks the comment section first.

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